Schubert: Late Piano Works, Vol. 1

Featuring

Andrea Lucchesini
Franz Schubert

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Performer Biography

Andrea Lucchesini gained international recognition by winning the Dino Ciani International Competition at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Schubert's 'wanderer' persona has become a symbol of his approach to life and art, reflecting his restless nature and search for emancipation.

Compositional Technique

Schubert's early Sonata in A minor, D537, demonstrates his unique style with 'Schubertian' thirds and dance-like touches, and a secondary theme with an ostinato bass.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Pianist Andrea Lucchesini perceives Schubert and Beethoven as 'antipodes' at the cusp of the romantic era, with Schubert preferring genres not predetermined by Beethoven.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in November 2018 at the Leibniz Saal (HCC, Hannover) using a Steinway D piano and a pcm, 96 kHz / 24bit recording format.

Composer Biography

Franz Schubert died at 31 in 1828, likely from a combination of late-stage syphilis and typhoid fever, having composed several major works in the months prior.

Composer Biography

Schubert began systematically experimenting with the piano sonata genre at age twenty, after concluding his studies with Antonio Salieri, an Italian composer and conductor.